Hearts A Mess chords by Gotye

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

ARTIST: Gotye
TITLE: Heart's a Mess
Key:  FF minor

There's essentially 5 parts to this song, and most of them are variations on the same thing.

Violinline:    | F minorFm | Eb MajorEb | C#C# | C minorCm |x1 (usually just an intro)
Verse:      | F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |x6
Chorus:      | F minorFm | C minorCm | C#C# | Eb MajorEb |x4
Acoustic chorus: | F minorFm | Eb MajorEb | C#C# | Eb MajorEb |x4

The Outro is just written in the tab, have a look!

I play F minorFm up high, so the chords just descend

F minorFm  F11F11
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA|---8------8---|
D MajorD|---10-----8---|
G+G|---10-----8---|
b|---9------8---|
e|--(8)----(8)--|

INTRO:

F minorFm   Eb MajorEb   C#C#    C minorCm
F minorFm | / |  F11F11  | / |

VERSE:

F minorFm
      Pick apart
F11F11
     The pieces of your heart
F minorFm             F11F11
     And let me peer inside
F minorFm
     Let me in
F11F11
 Where only your thoughts have been
F minorFm            F11F11
    Let me occupy your mind

As you do mine

| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |
| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |

F minorFm   Eb MajorEb   C#C#   C minorCm

CHORUS:

F minorFm   C minorCm   C#C#   Eb MajorEb
  (woooooooooooooooooooo)
           F minorFm
Your hearts a mess
C minorCm   C#C#      Eb MajorEb
      You wont admit to it
F minorFm   Eb MajorEb       C#C#
      It makes no sense
     C minorCm      F minorFm
But Im desperate to connect
C#C#    Eb MajorEb       C minorCm
   And you, you cant live like this

(2 bar gap)
(4 bar drum break) (F minorFm)

VERSE:

F minorFm
    You have lost(Too much love)
F11F11
   To fear, doubt and distrust (Its not enough)
F minorFm
   You just threw away the key
F11F11
   (To your heart)

F minorFm
   You dont get burned (Cause nothing gets through)
F11F11
    It makes it easier (Easier on you)
   F minorFm             F11F11
But that much more difficult for me

To make you see

| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |
| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |

PRE CHORUS:
F minorFm        Eb MajorEb
Love aint fair
    C#C#    C minorCm
So there you are
     F minorFm
My love
F11F11

(F minorFm   Eb MajorEb   C#C#   C minorCm)

ACOUSTIC CHORUS:

F minorFm   Eb MajorEb   C#C#   Eb MajorEb

F minorFm   Eb MajorEb   C#C#
Your hearts a mess
      Eb MajorEb    F minorFm
You wont admit to it
Eb MajorEb           C#C#
    It makes no sense
     Eb MajorEb       F minorFm
But Im desperate to connect
C#C#     Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb
   And you, you cant live like this

CHORUS:

F minorFm   C minorCm   C#C#   Eb MajorEb
  (woooooooooooooooooooo)
           F minorFm
Your hearts a mess
C minorCm   C#C#      Eb MajorEb
      You wont admit to it
F minorFm   Eb MajorEb       C#C#
      It makes no sense
     C minorCm      F minorFm
But Im desperate to connect
C#C#    Eb MajorEb       C minorCm
   And you, you cant live like this

| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |
| F minorFm | / | F11F11 | / |

OUTRO
F minorFm       Eb MajorEb
Love aint safe
        C#C#        Eb MajorEb
You wont get hurt if you stay chaste
         C#C#
So you can wait
         C minorCm
But I don't wanna waste...

(1 bar break)

My love
F minorFm (x4)

Other versions of Hearts A Mess

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Hearts a mess (Ver. 2) by Gotye